Hemingway's Girl, (Paperback)

from Alphawoman

Two of my favs Hemingway and the keys so I can't go wrong. I am fascinated with the man, the myth, the writer as is our heroine Mariella. Taking place in Key West 1935 the year of the labor day hurricane which devestated much of the upper keys. The hurricane is a tidy analogy for Hem. Enjoyable r...

from elizabeth.b.bevins

Beautiful, rich, colorful, and captivating story about a young woman's encounter with Hemingway set in Key West. Robuck captured the setting so well I felt I was back there myself. I was thrilled with the way the relationship between the characters ended. This is the first of Robuck's books I've ...

from TimBazzett

Erika Robuck is obviously a Hemingway scholar, and someone who genuinely loves Hemingway's work and is even willing to make allowances for many of the man's less-than-lovable foibles and faults - and he had plenty. HEMINGWAY'S GIRL is a work of historical fiction set in 1935 Key West that keeps y...

from whitreidtan

I read The Old Man and the Sea many, many years ago in junior high. As my first introduction to Hemingway, it vaulted him onto my authors to search out list and I promptly scoured my parents' bookshelves for more of his works. I found The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms from my mother's sch...

from Whisper1

This is what good historical fiction does -- it uses documented events to expand a story leaving the reader longing to learn more. Beginning with the year 1961 the main character Mariella Bennet, is emotionally rent when she learns that Ernest Hemingway has committed suicide by firing a gun into ...